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SCHENECTADY
Duryee AME choirs in sound hands with Tucker
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Larissa Tucker is director of the Duryee Voices of the Duryee Memorial AME Zion Church on Schenectady Street in Schenectady and also is in charge of the church’s combined choir and the children’s choir. Along with her duties of directing the groups and organizing them, she also lends her own voice to the music, and that is usually something very special.
There’s method in red-winged blackbirds’ mating behavior
Sunday, May 12, 2013
This week we’re looking at the world through the eyes of a female red-winged blackbird. What kind of challenges does she face? What decisions does she have to make?
Founder of fashion show feels at home in multiple fine arts
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Electric City Couture Fashion Show founder Joleen Button will be an interested observer at the popular event at Proctors later this month.
SCHENECTADY
Italian cuisine scores very high at Johnny’s restaurant
Sunday, May 12, 2013
We denizens of the Capital Region just can’t get enough Italian food. Johnny’s is new and it’s hopping, as diners embrace another Mallozzi restaurant.
CAPITAL REGION
Alzheimer’s conference to provide attendees with info, support and a respite
Saturday, May 11, 2013
When your spouse has Alzheimer’s disease, it changes your marriage.
Veggies with eggs make for healthful breakfast
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Mom always said to eat your vegetables, so this Mother’s Day serve her breakfast in bed inspired by a walk through the garden.
An easy yogurt mousse the kids can help make
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
It doesn’t matter how skilled — or not — your kids are in the kitchen. This easy, fruity mousse parfait is a great Mother’s Day project they can help with.
DETROIT
Renovating great-grandpa's old place
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Christopher Lee and Amy Feigley-Lee find themselves at home and heart-bound to a Detroit house once owned by Lee’s great-grandfather in the Roaring ’20s, but which was lost at the onset of the Great Depression.
SCHENECTADY
Review: ‘Les Miserables’ is a feast for the eyes and ears
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
“Les Misérables” at Proctors is creative, beautifully staged, and brilliantly acted and sung. The sets are the perfect mix of grunge and utility, and the backdrop is breathtaking.
Vegetarian fare finds a growing audience as attitudes change
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Not so long ago, there was a certain image associated with being vegetarian. It usually involved Birkenstocks, lentil loaf and an agenda. There still are plenty of all three in the meatless movement, but a growing number of Americans are finding they can have cauliflower and kale at the center of the plate without a side of ideology.
Grilled pears get creamy touch with mascarpone cheese
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
SCCC culinary technical specialist Michelle Anaya-Malone has a pear tree in her backyard — and part of her harvest goes on the heat. She loves grilling pears.
A touch of spring ... from Scandinavia
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Perhaps to alleviate the dreariness of long northern winters, Scandinavian style tends toward folk-art florals, crisp checks, plaids and stripes, and wood furniture left natural or painted in colors that evoke the region’s natural beauty. If all that sounds appealing as you shake off winter’s gloom, you’ll find many pretty, Scandinavian-inspired decor options for spring.
SCHENECTADY
SCCC culinary students taste success
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Onions and meat were over fire. Scott Holub was under pressure.
Country store has roots in 19th century Mariaville
Sunday, April 28, 2013
If Silas Marsh woke from the dead today and happened upon the small general store he built back on Mariaville Lake in 1831, he’d have no trouble recognizing the place.
Redwood clones planted to mark Earth Day
Sunday, April 28, 2013
A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world’s biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change.
